Ovarian Pregnancy- A Rare Ectopic Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Moon Thapa,
Suniti Rawal,
R Jha,
Meeta Singh
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.136
Subject(s) - medicine , ovarian pregnancy , laparotomy , ectopic pregnancy , pregnancy , obstetrics , incidence (geometry) , gynecology , oophorectomy , hysterectomy , surgery , genetics , physics , optics , biology
Primary ovarian pregnancy is a rare entity, the incidence being 1 in 25,000 to 40,000 pregnancies. The diagnosis is difficult and still continues to challenge the clinicians. A case of ovarian pregnancy is reported here. The patient underwent laparotomy with right sided oophorectomy. Histopathological examination confirmed it to be an ovarian pregnancy.
Keywords: ectopia pregnancy, oophorectomy, ovarian pregnancy.
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